... tells him that his father was murdered. Hamlet is even more stunned when the ghost tells him "the serpent that did sting thy father's life / now wears his crown" (1.5.39-40). Hamlet learns that Claudius murdered his father by pouring poison in his ear. With all of the things Hamlet was already upset about he now had an even bigger problem to face, avenging his ... extreme punisment. Hamlet could have asked the pirates to allow Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to board the ship also so the two men did not have to die, but he just let them sail to their deaths. Hamlet is also responsible for ...

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... Denmark. The universal illness besets all men regardless of their nationality; in particular, this idea of one not knowing about the hidden actions of another is reminiscent of the other plots in the play. The newly crowned villain, Claudius, later remarks "Diseases desperate grown by desperate appliance are relieved, or not at all" (IV.3.8), directly before the scene of Hamlet revealing the location of Polonius' dead body. Here, the evil king considers ... " (II.2.299-303), obviously another morbid description of the current state of affairs. Laertes also used words that contributed to ...

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... or charitable, thou com'st in such a questionable shape that I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, Father, royal Dane: O, answer me!- (Act I, Scene IV, Line 39-45) In this speech by Hamlet, it is quite clear that he is unable to make a decision. Even though this ... spirit is right in front of him and has done nothing to either Horatio or the other men who have seen him, Hamlet is still ... men made decisions without really thinking about the consequences. They acted on emotions, instead of intelligence. In Laertes case, he ended up being murdered by Hamlet because of his ...

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... ear of Denmark is a forged process of my death rankly abused: but know thou noble youth, the serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown." (I.v.35-39); and "Let not the royal bed of Denmark be a couch for luxury and damned incest. But howsoever thou pursuest this act, taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive against ... possess this tendency, which is marked by a desire to kill their fathers and marry their mothers; as occurs in the earlier Greek play of Oedipus the king. In fact, Hamlet urges Gertrude not to have intercourse with Claudius at all; and even to curb ...

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